{"id":277,"date":"2023-08-23T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/12yogamalibu.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:27:54","slug":"anya-foxen-pt2-professor-author-retired-yoga-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/23\/anya-foxen-pt2-professor-author-retired-yoga-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Anya Foxen, pt2 \u2014 professor, author, \u201cretired\u201d yoga teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

[note \u2014 this is part 2 of 2; here we focus on Foxen’s journey as a student of the yoga]<\/em><\/p>\n

Yoga is a holistic experience for many \u2014<\/em> mind, body, spirit \u2014<\/em> but did one element or another first draw you to the practice? That is, were you seeking to settle your mind? Have greater physical flexibility? Explore your true, spiritual nature?<\/p>\n

it was\u2014and remains\u2014the only form of physical exercise I can consistently get myself to do<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"How about now: does yoga feed your mind or your body or your spirit more, or are those elements more in balance than when you started?<\/p>\n

it\u2019s balanced pretty evenly amongst all three now<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

How long have you been practicing yoga?<\/p>\n

18 years<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

How frequently do you practice yoga?<\/p>\n

I aim for 5 days a week<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Are you more likely to attend classes at a studio or practice yoga at home?<\/p>\n

definitely studio<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Do you have a preferred yoga style?<\/p>\n

Hot Vinyasa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When you were starting out, what came easiest and what was more challenging?<\/p>\n

it\u2019s been a while, so my memory is a little fuzzy \u2014 I\u2019m going to say: getting into some version of the posture came easiest, the breathing was harder \u2014 that hasn\u2019t changed much<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

What have been the greatest benefits of yoga for you?<\/p>\n

it keeps me sane(ish)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Apart from yoga, do you practice other techniques of mindfulness or meditation?<\/p>\n

very sporadically, I\u2019ll try to sit in meditation, but I\u2019m awful at it \u2014 movement makes focusing easier for me<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you regularly do other forms of exercise?<\/p>\n

I started running during the pandemic, but that\u2019s kind of lapsed now<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Outside of a yoga session, do you ever just assume a pose and stretch? If so, which pose(s) and where?<\/p>\n

I have been known to randomly sit on the floor and do hamstring stretches pretty much everywhere<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If I gave you an expenses-paid yoga retreat, where would you go?<\/p>\n

I\u2019d be torn between trying every yoga studio in New York, and every yoga studio in LA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014interview \u00a9 Marshal Zeringue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[note \u2014 this is part 2 of 2; here we focus on Foxen’s journey as a student of the yoga] Yoga is a holistic experience for many \u2014 mind, body, spirit \u2014 but did one element or another first draw you to the practice? That is, were you seeking to settle your mind? Have greater […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12yogaredondo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}